2021 - Vancouver - Tree Snag by Douglas Coupland
This is the tree driftwood-inspired sculpture within the public plaza of the Grosvenor Ambleside complex on West Vancouver’s waterfront.
The sculpture, the latest by local artist Douglas Coupland, measures 30 ft high, 30 feet wide and weighs 16,000 pounds.
Coupland’s inspiration for the concept comes from a piece of fir tree driftwood he came across in the 1960s at the residence of his late friend, Gordon Smith.
Coupland got the idea for the piece a number of years ago after he spied a spectacular piece of fir tree driftwood from the 1960s which Smith had collected and kept at his residence in West Vancouver.
“The concept of strolling and encountering these ‘drifted forms as if found on a beach’ is to recreate a favourite pastime for many West Vancouverites – beach combing along Ambleside’s shores.”
Tree Snag is made up of four layers of resin and fibreglass, for a water-tight installation.
A total of four installations by Coupland are found at the area, including the 2018-installed Float Stack and Whale Vertebra, and 2020-installed Deer Vertebra.
2021 - Vancouver - Tree Snag by Douglas Coupland
This is the tree driftwood-inspired sculpture within the public plaza of the Grosvenor Ambleside complex on West Vancouver’s waterfront.
The sculpture, the latest by local artist Douglas Coupland, measures 30 ft high, 30 feet wide and weighs 16,000 pounds.
Coupland’s inspiration for the concept comes from a piece of fir tree driftwood he came across in the 1960s at the residence of his late friend, Gordon Smith.
Coupland got the idea for the piece a number of years ago after he spied a spectacular piece of fir tree driftwood from the 1960s which Smith had collected and kept at his residence in West Vancouver.
“The concept of strolling and encountering these ‘drifted forms as if found on a beach’ is to recreate a favourite pastime for many West Vancouverites – beach combing along Ambleside’s shores.”
Tree Snag is made up of four layers of resin and fibreglass, for a water-tight installation.
A total of four installations by Coupland are found at the area, including the 2018-installed Float Stack and Whale Vertebra, and 2020-installed Deer Vertebra.